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From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106@columbia.edu>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: POLL: should we export text before the first headline
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2007 21:07:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aafeca75dff27b0eecade8b74b43e84c@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871wjmmuq2.fsf@presario.homelinux.org>


On Mar 18, 2007, at 16:34, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote:
> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I would like to collect opinions on this issue:
>>
>> Currently, exporting only starts at the first headline,
>> ignoring anything before it.  There have been request to change
>> this, I'd like to know if this would break someone's habits.
>>
>> So do you use the space before the first headline to put notes/text
>> that should not be exported?
>
> It is definitely very handy if you can put some links,
> internal or external, before the first headline, so that you
> can access some places much easier.  In that case, some
> people may not want to export that few lines.  However, I
> would vote for adding a new custom variable to control that
> behavior.  It is all about choices.  Nevertheless, don't
> export the line with `-*- mode: org -*-' or any in-buffer
> options.

Well, even if we export the stuff before the first headline, there would
be ways to place stuff there that would not be exported, for example
by using a COMMENT section like

* COMMENT here is where I put my internal links etc

    Here is my stuff

By the way, the first line with the -*- mode: org -*- should always be
a comment - this is a bug I will fix.

Anyway, I also like my space before the first headline for internal 
links
and other ramblings, so the default will remain to not exporting it.

There will come an options for those who need to get this part exported
as well.

Thanks to everyone for input.

- Carsten

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2007-03-18 20:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-03-18  7:04 POLL: should we export text before the first headline Carsten Dominik
2007-03-18 11:35 ` Thomas Baumann
2007-03-18 11:43   ` Leo
2007-03-18 15:34 ` Xiao-Yong Jin
2007-03-18 20:07   ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2007-03-19  0:09     ` Sean Sieger
2007-03-19  5:06       ` Carsten Dominik
2007-03-18 15:54 ` Sean Sieger

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